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Inside,frantically: I’ll deny I’ve ever seen it; we’ll send it back; it’ll all be fine--

" ‘Shipped by Mrs Rebecca Brandon,’ " the guy reads aloud from the label "Table and ten chairs Fronature"

Fuck

Very slowly, Luke turns toward me

"Becky, did you buy a table and ten chairs in Denmark?" he says almost pleasantly

"Er…" I lick ht have"

"I see" Luke closes his eyes for aup a ht another table -- and ten ot about the first one!" I say desperately "I totally forgot! Look, it was a very long honeys… "

Out of the corner ofup the bundle of twenty Chinese silk dressing gowns Shit

I think I have to get Luke away from these lorries as soon as possible

"We’ll sort it all out," I say quickly "I proo upstairs and have a nice drink? You just relax! And I’ll stay down here and do the supervising"

An hour later it’s all finished The men close up the lorries and I hand them a hefty tip As they roar away I look over to see Luke co

"Hi!" I say "Well, that wasn’t too bad, was it?"

"Do you want to coe voice

As we travel up in the lift I smile at Luke a couple of times, but he doesn’t s room?" I say as we approach the front door "Or in the--"